Keeping the physics in biophysics

Phil Nelson (Biological Physics, University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Abstract: Our Physics colleagues are still saying `That's not really physics.' `That's already offered in some other department.' `We don't have the resources for that.' Our Biology colleagues are still not sending their students to our courses. 'Biology students cannot/will not do math.' `Physics students get uncomfortable with biological physics -- there are too few Tripos questions.' I'll discuss those questions in the context of describing a course that works at U. Penn.